Sholtes Family History
Sholtes Name Meaning
Americanized form of Hungarian Soltész (see Soltesz ) Slovak Rusyn (from Slovakia) Czech and Slovenian Šoltés or Šoltes (see Soltes ) German Scholtes 2 all meaning ‘village headman’ and possibly also of some other cognates (see Soltys ). Compare Sholtis and Soltes Rusyn: variant of Sholtys a cognate of 1 above. Americanized form of Dutch Scholtes
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022